48+ Macbeth Ambition Quotes Act 3. Thriftless ambition, that will ravin up. "and when goes hence?" (act i, scene vi, line 58). Macbeth and banquo meet the witches and are given predictions. Macbeth act 3 scene 1 lyrics. As happy prologues to the swelling act · thou wouldst be great. The three witches, whose predictions fanned the flames of macbeth's political ambitions, and that resulted in the murder of king duncan, claimed that banquo's . This quote is an extended metaphor of how macbeth's ambition is like a wild horse. (act 3 scene 1), as macbeth completely believes the witches' predictions he must also believe that banquo's descendants will inherit the throne after him . Despite macbeth's clear lapse in judgment, there's more . Although macbeth's qualities are revered by everyone, including king duncan who bestows him the honor of the .
